All art has this characteristic-it unites people.

Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.

When the suffering of another creature causes you to feel pain, do not submit to the initial desire to flee from the suffering one, but on the contrary, come closer, as close as you can to her who suffers, and try to help her.

They ought to find out how to vaccinate for love, like smallpox.

I believe that order is better than chaos, creation better than destruction. I prefer gentleness to violence, forgiveness to vendetta. On the whole I think knowledge is preferable to ignorance, and I am sure human sympathy is more valuable than ideology.

Can it be that there is not enough space for man in this beautiful world, under those immeasurable, starry heavens?

It's hard to love a woman and do anything.